100 banned taxi drivers ‘potential threat’

ALMOST 100 taxi drivers have been banned from operating in the industry in the past three years because they are a potential threat to the public, official Garda figures have confirmed.

Details obtained by the Irish Examiner show since the start of 2007 a total of 44 drivers have seen their licences revoked over concerns about their previous criminal history.

During the same period, 48 licence applications made in the greater Dublin region were refused by gardaí under the fit and proper person rule.